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title: ee — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ee» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ee

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**Who acts:** squeal, he, gree · **What happens:** cry, want, ee, pronounce · **To what, where:** vowel sound, pronunciation guide, bacon, AEneas

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«ee» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [ee in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/ee.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ee:m1:1
# text = A squeal or cry, or the vowel sound "ee" in a pronunciation guide.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	squeal	squeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | infinitive | a squeal | the vowel sound |  | a pronunciation guide |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!"

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From The Aesop for Children / With pictures by Milo Winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ee:x1:1
# text = But he wants my bacon! gree-ee-ee!"
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bacon	bacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
7	gree	gree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he | my bacon |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bacon=Theme |
| 2 | **ee** |  | gree |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305.

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ee:x2:1
# text = AEgisthus (ee-jiss'-thus, th as in both), 305.
1	AEgisthus	AEgisthus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	jiss	jiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	th	th	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
16	305	305	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze.

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ee:x3:1
# text = Thus AEneas may be pronounced A-na'-ahss; Aides ah-ee'-daze.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	AEneas	AEneas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	na	na	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ahss	ahss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Aides	aide	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
14	ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	19	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	ee	ee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	daze	daze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pronounce** | may · passive |  | AEneas |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme ahss=Result |

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**Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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